Earlier this year I produced and designed a show for an NYC based singer, Marey. The Scandinavian dream pop artist draws inspiration from 80s ambiance and classical symphonies. Marey weaves a narrative of vulnerability as well as playful melodic musings in her craft, that invites people to dance and cry in their bedrooms.
Growing up in Tanzania, Finland-native Marey jumped between worlds resulting in a third-culture kid experience filled with contradictions and inner turmoil. Her music grew out of a desire to reconcile the joy and confusion of her identity in a self-created sonic dreamworld. She explores vulnerability, religion, queerness, flirtation and satire in her work.
One can hear undertones of arcade sounds and gadgets, familiar for millennials today. Her style and genre heavily alluded to the vaporwave aesthetic. Below you will find snippets from her live show, visually designed by me in editing softwares such as Final Cut Pro, Adobe Create Suite, and TouchDesigner.
ROLES
Producer - Suditi Shah
Promotor and Video Designer - Suditi Shah, Bella Juliana
Lighting programmer - Duncan Davies, Jazzie Lock
FOH Engineer - Rosiland Durham
Photographer - Tiffany Chen
Musician - Marey
INITIAL MOOD BOARD
Here is compilation of images that I gathered over the years as well as for this project. the intent was to create a board that served as visual guide to design the video and light queues for Marey's performance.
the live show
promotion poster
eVENT VIDEO
Process video